Brush



F. A. SHELTON.

BRUSH.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 1, 192|. 135995368, Patented Dec. 6, 1921...

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FREDERICK A. SHELTON, OF CHICAGO, ILLIOIS.

BRUSH.

Specification of Letters Eatent.

Patented Dec. 6, 1921.

Application filed January 7, 1921. Serial No. 435,584.

To all whom t 'may concern Be itlrnown that I, FREDERICK A. SHEL- ToN, acitizen of the United States, and a resident ot the city of Chicago,county ot Cook, and State of Illinois, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements .in Brushes, of which the following is aspecification.

My invention relates to new and useful improvements in brushes and hasfor its object the provision of a brush comprising means which willenable the bristles to be worn down equally on both ends of the brush,and which will be economical of manufacture, simple in structure andhighly etticient in use.

Other objects will appear hereinafter.

The handled brushes, such as hat brushes. clothes brushes, shoe brushes,and the like, ordinarily used have the bristles attached directly to thebody member, and in these devices the bristles at the toe or front endof the 'brush will wear down considerably without any material weartaking place on the heel or rear of the brush. It is to obviate thisunequal wearing ot the bristles that applicant has provided a bristlebearing member independent of the main body portion of the brush andswingable or reversible with respect to the main body portion of saidbrush.

The invention consists in the combinations and arrangements of partshereinafter described and claimed.

The invention will be best understood by reference to the accompanyingdrawings forming a part ot this specitication, and in which,

Figure 1 is a side elevation of the brush;

Fig. 2 is a plan view, showing the bristle bearing member swung 90O fromthe normal, and,

Fig. 3 is a vertical section on line 3 3, Fig.

The invention as illustrated in the draw ing comprises a brush having abody portion 6 provided with a handle 7 and a bristle bearing member 8.A slot 9 is provided on the back of the brush from which leads anopening 10 extending through the body member of the brush, and acorresponding opening 11 extends through the bristle bearl ing member. Athreaded member 12 passes through the openings 10 and 11 in the brushand bristle bearing members, respectively, said threaded member beingprovided with a grooved head 13 which bears against the lower tace ofsaid bristle bearing member and engages a-nut 14 nonrotatably seated inthe slot 9. This threaded Lember and nut serve to retain the bristlebearing member in position upon the body portion of the brush bytightening said threaded member, as by means oi*l a screw driver; and byslightly loosening the said threaded member the bristle bearing mem bermay be swung upon said threaded member as an axis reversing the two endsof the bristle bearing member with respect to the body portion ot thebrush, thereby bringing the heel with the unworn bristles in the formerposition ot the toe with its worn bristles, thus permitting the bristlesupon both ends to be worn equally. These bristles may consist of hair,wire, rubber, iiber or the like. The bristles 15 are retained within thebearing member 8 in any convenient manner, as by means of wires.16protruding through openings 17 to the back of the bearing member 8.These protruding portions of the bristle retaining wires or elements 1Gupon the baclr of the bearing member serve also to retain the saidbearing member in proper position upon the body member of the brush whenthe threaded member is tightened.

IVhile I have illustrated and described the preferred form ofconstruction for carrying my invention into effect, this is capable ofvariation and modification without departing from the spirit of theinvention. I, therefore, do not wish to be limited to the precisedetails Ot construction setviorth, but desire to avail myselic of suchvariations and modications as come within the scope of the appendedclaims.

Having described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent is l. A. brush comprising a hand engaged member, a.bristle bearing member, means passing through openings in said membersfor retaining said members in position and. also permitting said membersto be reversed with respect to each other, and means for fastening saidbristles in said bristle bearing member, said means projecting beyondthe back of said member for assisting said retaining means to retainsaid members in position.

2. A brush comprising a body member provided with a slot on the backthereof and an opening extending from said slot, a bristhreaded memberpassing through said openings, and Wires for fastening said bristles insaid lbearing member and forming projections on the back of the bristlebearing member to engage the body member and as sist the` threadedmember to retain said bristie bearing member in proper position on saidbody member. 1

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this speoieation in thepresence of two subscribing Witnesses.

FREDERICK A. SHELTON. Witnesses: v

JOSHUA R. H. Porre, t FRED C. APrLE'roN.

